A Dade grand jury indicted Griffith on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting of his daughter June 28 while she lay in a crib at Miami Children`s Hospital.

Defense lawyer Mark Krasnow has portrayed Griffith as a distraught father who killed his child in an act of compassion, thinking she was suffering terribly. A panel of court-appointed psychiatrists has declared Griffith sane and competent but depressed and subject to crying fits when talking about the child.

Griffith, who worked in his father`s adult theater, the Gayety, has been held without bail. Circuit Judge Edward Cowart scheduled a new bail hearing for July 23.

Griffith`s daughter reportedly suffered brain damage when her head got caught between a reclining chair`s seat and footrest.